GPS and gravity constraints on continental deformation in the Alborz mountain range, Iran

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1287-1301

  Djamour, Yahya ^a   Vernant, Philippe ^a   Bayer, Roger ^a   Nankali, Hamid Reza ^b   Ritz, Jean François ^a   Hinderer, Jacques ^c   Hatam, Yaghoub ^a,b   Luck, Bernard ^c   Le Moigne, Nicolas ^a   Sedighi, Morteza ^b   Khorrami, Fateme ^b  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b National Cartographic Centre of Iran   (Iran)

^c France and Karlsruher Institut für Technologie   (France)

Author keywords

Gravity anomalies and Earth structure; Intra plate processes; Neotectonics; Plate motions; Satellite geodesy

Indexed keywords

EARTH STRUCTURES; INTRA-PLATE PROCESSES; NEOTECTONICS; PLATE MOTIONS; SATELLITE GEODESY;

DEFORMATION; GEODESY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; KINEMATICS; LANDFORMS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SOIL CONSERVATION; SURVEYING;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

DEFORMATION; EARTH STRUCTURE; GEODESY; GPS; GRAVITY ANOMALY; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; KINEMATICS; NEOTECTONICS; PLATE MOTION; SLIP RATE; UPLIFT;

ELBURZ; IRAN;

EID: 78449254343     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04811.x     Document Type: Article

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